Press Release Archives - Invest Africa

08 Jul

‘This will be Africa’s century’: Tony Blair calls for renewed focus on governance to drive Africa’s post-Covid recovery in live broadcast to global investors

Press Release – For immediate release - 7/07/2020 ‘This will be Africa’s century’: Tony Blair calls for renewed focus on governance to drive Africa’s post-Covid recovery in live broadcast to global investors In a live broadcast to investors and private sector leaders hosted by Invest

08 Jul

InfraCo Africa: Underpinning COVID-19 preparedness with access to clean water

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7 July 2020 InfraCo Africa, with funding from the Private Infrastructure Development Group Technical Assistance (PIDG TA), is working with the team at Western Power Company (WPC) in Zambia’s Western Province to prepare communities close to the Ngonye Falls hydropower project site for the challenge

17 Jun

PIDG & InfraCo Africa: Supporting COVID preparedness in Ethiopia

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17th of June 2020 InfraCo Africa, with funding from the Private Infrastructure Development Group Technical Assistance (PIDG TA), is upgrading medical facilities near the company’s Corbetti Geothermal project site in rural Ethiopia to enhance preparedness for managing COVID-19 and for meeting the area’s longterm healthcare

15 Jun

Dentons: Global tax guide to doing business in…

Invest Africa

Increasing globalization has led to a decline in barriers when businesses are looking to expand into new markets around the world. Tax remains one of the central considerations when evaluating a business opportunity. The complexities and intricacies of navigating different tax systems has proven to

15 Jun

Sanlam launches urgent job-preservation initiative in response to COVID-19

Invest Africa

Sanlam Investments is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through large-scale support of the recovery of South African companies, from small enterprises to corporates that employ a large number of people. Sanlam has committed R2.25 billion of its own capital to seed three funds with the

15 Jun

Survey54: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 – South Africa

Invest Africa

This report provides insights into the perceptions and changing consumer behaviour patterns in South Africa since the onset of COVID-19. Areas highlighted include, shopping behaviour, government perceptions and finances. About Survey54 Survey54 provides relevant and timely data on countries within Africa that can help validate

15 Jun

DLA Piper: Is nationalisation the answer for troubled airline Kenya Airways?

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Kenya’s parliament voted to nationalise the country’s main airline Kenya Airways to save it from mounting debts. The loss-making airline, which is 48.9 per cent government-owned and 7.8 per cent held by Air France-KLM, has been struggling to return to profitability and growth but is

26 May

DPI announces a $56m investment into SICAM

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COVID-19 Update: Due to this unprecedented situation, many institutions in our correspondent network are facing staffing issues, reduced working hours and consequently may be slow to respond. We are working to get responses as quickly as possible, and we appreciate your understanding. The following are

05 May

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) completes infrastructure fund exit

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African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) completes the exit of its flagship pan-African infrastructure fund’s (AIIF2) interests in South African renewable energy projects Cape Town and London, 5 May 2020: African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), one of Africa’s largest and most experienced infrastructure-focused private equity fund

30 Apr

Staring Down the Barrel: The South African Fiscal Deficit and Hyperinflation

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The South African government is in an unenviable position. They must save an economy that is structurally broken, has the highest income inequality in the world and the highest HIV/AIDS rate, all while combatting COVID-19. The government faces a choice: use the COVID-19 crisis to

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